Penn and Teller (“Tim’s Vermeer”), Gabriela Cowperthewaite (“Blackfish”) and Joshua Oppenheimer (“The Act of Killing”) speak about how they came upon their three very different documentary films. While Cowperthewaite was drawn to the unique and untold stories of Sea World tragedies, Oppenheimer reveals how he “stumbled upon” the horrific genocide that occurred in Indonesia.

Over
the last two months, we’ve featured many of the awards season’s best
actors and directors, as selected by Indiewire editors, and honored them
with original photography by Daniel Bergeron and video shot by our partners at Movies On Demand. Check out all of them here.